FAU Football (W:35) vs UTEP (L:31) - November 12, 2016 at 6:00pm, FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL

The score broke FAU‘s record for most touchdown runs by a freshman, passing Trey Rodriguez’s record of five that was set last season. “I always feel like as a competitor, I always tell myself let’s get better, each and every week,” Singletary said after breaking his second team record in two weeks. The freshman finished the first half with 101 yards and two touchdowns on 11 rushes, but was held to just 41 yards in the second half. He finished with 145 yards on 20 attempts. In the second series of the game, UTEP’s Brendan Royal intercepted Driskel and the Miners immediately took advantage by marching down the field, capped off by a 2-yard touchdown run by Aaron Jones. Driskel bounced back and completed 20-of-25 passes for 233 yards along with a touchdown. “You can’t let one play ruin your night,” Driskel said of his interception. “Things happen, people throw picks. You’d like not to, obviously, but you can’t let one play dictate your night … I was pretty successful through the air and it worked out.” Sophomore quarterback Daniel Parr replaced Driskel in the third series and followed the starter with his own interception, this time picked by Kolbi McGary. Parr did not see anymore time on the field and finished 0-for-2 with the lone interception. The Miners would once again take advantage of the turnover and turned it into seven points when Ryan Metz hit Sterling Napier for a 4-yard touchdown pass to capture a 14-7 lead.

The Owls offense bounced right back on the next series to even the game at 14. Singletary finished off a five-play, 71-yard drive with his second touchdown of the game, a 36-yard run. FAU committed its third turnover of the half when sophomore safety Jalen Young muffed a punt at the Owls own 25-yard line. His night only got worse after the turnover. The safety got flagged for a targeting call for a hit on Metz, resulting in an automatic ejection. Despite the good field position, FAU held UTEP to only three points, and the Owls would even the score at 17 going into halftime with a field goal with 30 seconds remaining.